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So this was a pilot for a Munsters remake and it didn't get picked up?

I don't see why. I thought it was pretty good. It was a decent update of the old show, and light years better than "The Munsters Today." It was actually kinda cool to see Grandpa and Lily acting like Dracula and Lilith instead of just hinting at their true identities. My biggest complaint is that Jerry O'Connell wasn't as dumb and goofy as the original Herman, but I can deal with that. O'Connell's never going to properly match Fred Gwynne's performance and shouldn't try.

Am I the only one who bothered to watch?

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It just finished here, and I really enjoyed it. I would gladly watch it on a weekly basis if it got picked up. I know it was very different from the original series, but I think as a modern take on the concept it worked really well.

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All in all, not bad; but if it were picked up as a series I would suggest recasting Herman and and doing something with the character to make him less "ordinary". For me, Herman was the only one who didn't quite "fit".

The original Herman had the distinctive look of Universal's Frankenstein Monster. Making the Herman actor look more like that might help, but looking exactly like that didn't help John Schuck pull it off.

__________________"Understand, Commander: That torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull, and I was never here."

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